Capo 1st fret

Intro

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Well, bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.

They call me "Wildfire", 'cause ev'rybody knows

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I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.

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Always gettin' into trouble

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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.

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They tried to hang me in Oakland and they did in Fransisco.

But I wouldn't choke, I broke their rope and they had to let me go,

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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.

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Always gettin' into trouble

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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.

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Now, from north to south to east to west, the story is the same.

From one state to another I have to change my name,

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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.

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Always gettin' into trouble

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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.

Bridge

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Well, now I picked peaches in Georgia, I lumberjacked in Maine.

I've been hired, fired and jailed; any town you can name,

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'cause I'm bad news ev'rywhere I go.

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Always gettin' into trouble

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And leavin' little girls that hate to see me go.